Northern Māori

Northern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996. The electorate includes the following population centres: Auckland, Whangarei. The electorate includes the following tribal areas: The Northern Maori electorate boundary was in South Auckland. It extended from Auckland City north to Northland, and had only minor boundary changes from 1868 to 1996. The first member of parliament for Northern Maori from 1868 was Frederick Nene Russell; he retired in 1870. The second member of parliament from 1871 to 1875 and in 1887 was Wiremu Katene. The electorate was held by Labour from 1938. Paraire Karaka Paikea died in 1943, and was replaced by his son Tapihana Paraire Paikea. In 1979, Matiu...